PR disasters thread 31

[BigWillyLittleTodger]

Have the eagles landed yet? Another thread to discuss yet more Sussex shenanigans!

Oh yes. The Dacre Strategy.

ANL?

Associated Newspapers, against whom the case failed.

In the meantime, his security adviser and friend, David Langdown, is understood to have established a team of British security staff, The Sunday Times reported.

This is him, Harry’s best friend. His member of staff, whom he pays handsomely. That says it all.

Is David ‘BFF’ Langdon getting a visa? Are the US nannies? Doria? The bodyguards? The PR and office staff? Is this why ‘six months’ has been mooted?

If they do divorce, which I doubt and hope not, I don’t think Meghan will be allowed to keep her title, not after Sarah Ferguson’s shenanigans.

She might get Countess Dumbarton?

Yes. I’m just waiting till the day I wake up and the DM has let rip overnight. And it will happen. Of that I’m sure.

The game playing with the public, the misinformation, the smug and attention seeking social media hints undermine trust in the royal family that is supposed to represent our country and serve as a symbol of national continuity.

It’s not a good look, and it’s a huge shame particularly in the current climate, when so many people across the UK are struggling. It's making a mockery of us all.

I do hope that Charles and William find a way to bring an end to the ongoing Sussex soap opera otherwise I fear more and more people may begin to welcome a referendum on the future of the monarchy.

@treadrun I got a MN notification that you'd replied to me, but I can't see the reply - is it the one you had withdrawn?

Sussexes’ US home could cost half a million pounds to mothball

https://www.thetimes.com/article/45547384-4b96-4cda-ba66-c5854efbd1dd?shareToken=2599ccb9b98e1fd6ea70458bd5afaa44

It was a little over 5000 this morning now it’s 31,495!
It’s taking over.

Though I’m not sure what good it will do. As a pp said, it needs to be a Gov.uk petition to be any use.

Hopefully free speech and opinions on headlines news is very much in the spirit of mumsnet otherwise what’s the point of this site existing.

What Harry will do as a stay at home dad in the Cotswolds

https://www.thetimes.com/article/7378a9eb-3dce-409c-8fca-044ba76315af?shareToken=3af9bf84faef527383ecd70e21f50405

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Smoke weed and play Xbox. Same as he does in Cali

Very well said, they are cheapening the institution with their silly constant leaks to their press lap dogs, making it known they have flown in on a private jet, making it known they have have an eight million pound budget for an alleged third house (or KC has more likely) and yet at the same time demand the British tax payer foot their five million pound plus security bill, it’s leaving a very bad taste in my mouth.

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Absolutely

I imagine different parties are being told different stories:

Nannies, cooks and domestic staff: it’s just for six months. We will cover the visa application if you come.

King Charles and the RF: Yay - we are back for good!

Netflix: yes 12 months. We will get the docuseries in the can, edited and ready for release before the 30th anniversary of Diana’s death.

As Ever team: no I am not really moving to the UK. I will be running the business from Cali as normal. Nothing has changed.

US Immigration: H is leaving. Bye! By the way what happens if he wants to come back and live? Presumably he can still come back for meetings with Netflix execs if he gets an ESTA?

UK Immigration: yes it’s a permanent move. We need to apply for a visa for Meghan as she’s currently going back and forth as a tourist. How long will it take before she can stay whenever she likes and can work on our docuseries for Netflix?

Do we know for sure Doria is still on the scene? I haven’t heard anything about her in a long time.

The surrogate gossip won't go away so you thought you'd mention it, while making sure you get it in that obviously the rumour about William was nonsense. Yet you don't say the surrogacy rumour is nonsense. Instead that's followed up by a sly insulation about her age.

It is quite common for women to "fall pregnant so quickly" at age 37 and certainly not that unusual at 39 either. You're on a parenting site that's mostly populated with mothers. According to a study I just found, 80% of women age 38-39 conceive naturally within 6 months of trying. But yes the miscarriage risk is high.

Forget Meghan Markle, there's a very high profile child who this rumour is about, with the suggestion that their sibling wasn't born via surrogate. I imagine you'd be up in arms if there was similar rumour about the biological parentage, gestation and birth of a child of William's.

I don't know what was on the post of yours in this thread that got deleted by MNHQ, but I can imagine it wasn't pleasant.

IMHO, it seems that William is not that keen on the whole monarchy business but is tied to it because he can only step aside for himself and not for his children.

A referendum to end the monarchy would make William quite happy. William will get plenty of cash (private citizen William would be protected from asset seizure just like everyone else) as well as the privacy he has craved all of his life.

The UK can then feel free to elect whomever it wants. But take a long hard look across the pond at whom voters can elect to the highest office in a Republic.

Looks like Meghan has landed. 🙄🙄🙄

If it wasn’t ’in the spirit’ then do you think we would have got to 31??

My eyes have rolled so far back I can see behind my bed needs dusting.

Hahaha! How long do we think M will wait before posting on her insta? Back of the kids in their new school uniform? She won’t be able to resist despite telling the press not to leak where they live or what school the kids go to.

Ahh, ok, thank you :) :)

Where on earth have you got these ideas on William from?!
"Not keen on the monarchy business"?.
Bizarre claim.

I think it's basically "If Harry can't be King (are, more importantly, Meghan can't be Queen) nobody should be King or Queen <stamps foot>.